Mayor retracts night landing drill offer, quits post

Mayor retracts night landing drill offer, quits post

OKIMI, Japan - Hidekazu Tanimoto, mayor of Okimi in Hiroshima Prefecture, arrives at the town office Feb. 5. He said at a press conference he retracted an offer he made last week to offer uninhabited Okurokamishima Island, owned by the Okimi township in the Seto Inland Sea, for night landing exercises by U.S. warplanes and also resigned from his post to take responsibility for the commotion caused by his proposal.

(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30 shows Okimi town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The assembly of the town, which is in Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the island as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.

(1)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

(1)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - The town assembly of Okimi, Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.

(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30 shows Okimi town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The assembly of the town, which is in Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the island as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. (Kyodo)

Mayor retracts night landing drill offer, quits post

Mayor retracts night landing drill offer, quits post

OKIMI, Japan - Hidekazu Tanimoto, mayor of Okimi in Hiroshima Prefecture, arrives at the town office Feb. 5. He said at a press conference he retracted an offer he made last week to offer uninhabited Okurokamishima Island, owned by the Okimi township in the Seto Inland Sea, for night landing exercises by U.S. warplanes and also resigned from his post to take responsibility for the commotion caused by his proposal. (Kyodo)

(1)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

(1)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - The town assembly of Okimi, Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. (Kyodo)